Friday, December 13, 2019
Today's Gift
A theme may seem to have been put aside, but it keeps returning--the same thing modulated, somewhat changed in form. —Muriel Rukeyser
No struggle we have is really new. It's another shade of the struggle that plagued us last week or perhaps last year. And we'll stumble again and again until we learn to quit struggling. The trying situations at work, or the personality type that irritates us, will always exist. But when we've come to accept as good and growth-enhancing all situations and all persons, we'll sense the subtle absence of struggle. We'll realize that the person we couldn't tolerate has become a friend. The situation we couldn't handle is resolved, forever.
The lessons we need to learn keep presenting themselves, until we've finished the homework. If we sense a struggle today, we can look at it as an assignment, one that is meant for our growth. We can remember that our struggles represent our opportunities to grow. Fortunately, the Universe has given us a tutor. We have a willing teacher to help us. We need to move on, to be open to other assignments. No problem will be too much for us to handle.
I will enjoy my role as student today. I will be grateful for all opportunities to grow. They make possible my very special contribution in this life.
From Each Day a New Beginning: Daily Meditations for Women by Karen Casey ©
From: Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation - Thought for the Day http://www.hazeldenbettyford.org/recovery/thought-for-the-day
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Twenty-Four Hours a Day
Keep It Simple
Strive for clear thinking. Many of us have had our thinking clouded by denial. Some of us have even lost faith in ourselves because we've spent a degree of time in denial. But losing faith in our thinking isn't going to help us. What we need to lose faith in is denial.
We didn't resort to denial - either of someone else's problem or our own - because we were deficient. Denial, the shock absorber for the soul, protects us until we are equipped to cope with reality.
Clear thinking and recovery don't mean we will never resort to denial. Denial is the first step toward acceptance, and for most of our life, we will be striving to accept something.
Clear thinking means we don't allow ourselves to become immersed in negativity or unrealistic expectations. We stay connected to other recovering people. We go to our meetings, where peace of mind and realistic support are available. We work the Steps, pray, and meditate.
We keep our thinking on track by asking our Higher Power to help us think clearly - not by expecting Them, or someone else, to do our thinking for us.
Action for the Day: Today, I will strive for balanced, clear thought in all areas of my life.
rom: Bluidkiti's Alcohol and Drug Addictions Recovery Help/Support Forums Daily Recovery Readings - http://www.bluidkiti.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=2
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One Day At A Time
So our troubles, we think, are basically of our own making.
They arise out of ourselves, and the alcoholic is an extreme
example of self-will run riot, though they usually don't think so.
Above everything, we alcoholics must be rid of this selfishness.
We must, or it kills us! Our Higher Power makes that possible. And there
often seems no way of entirely getting rid of self without His aid.
- Alcoholics Anonymous, (How It Works) p. 62
Thought to Ponder
Higher Power grant that AA may ever stay simple.
AA-related 'Alconym'
L E T _ G O = Leave Everything To Goodness, Okay
From: AA Thought for the Day (courtesy AA-Alive.net) http://www.aa-alive.net/index.html
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Daily Motivation
Real and positive
by Ralph Marston
Every moment brings something for which you can be truly thankful. It may be overwhelmingly obvious or it may be deeply hidden, but something of real value is always there.
Living positively does not mean that you ignore life’s troubles, difficulties and disappointments. Rather, living positively means that you find and fulfill the real and positive possibilities in every moment, whatever else that moment may hold.
Challenge yourself to always find something for which to be thankful. When you do, you’ll shed a real and valuable positive light on even the most difficult situations. Being realistic about negative things does not have to make you negative. For even in the most troubling of times, you can always be a positive influence.
You never have to be naive, you never have to ignore reality, in order to be truly positive. Because there is always a real and valid reason to keep a positive outlook. Work to see, know and acknowledge that reason in every situation. And you can truly change the world.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
Every moment brings something for which you can be truly thankful. It may be overwhelmingly obvious or it may be deeply hidden, but something of real value is always there.
Living positively does not mean that you ignore life’s troubles, difficulties and disappointments. Rather, living positively means that you find and fulfill the real and positive possibilities in every moment, whatever else that moment may hold.
Challenge yourself to always find something for which to be thankful. When you do, you’ll shed a real and valuable positive light on even the most difficult situations. Being realistic about negative things does not have to make you negative. For even in the most troubling of times, you can always be a positive influence.
You never have to be naive, you never have to ignore reality, in order to be truly positive. Because there is always a real and valid reason to keep a positive outlook. Work to see, know and acknowledge that reason in every situation. And you can truly change the world.
From The Daily Motivator website at http://greatday.com/
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